Education

The Ministry of Education and Sports has been asked to consider increasing the number of students benefiting from University loan scheme after it emerged that over 5,000 applicants missed out. It should be noted that that last week, the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Higher Education Students' Financing

Victoria University, one of the young private-owned fast growing Universities in Uganda has revealed plans to expand after acquiring another piece of land where they intend to construct a new campus. This was revealed by Rajiv Ruparelia, the University Promoter and Director during the University’s 4th graduation ceremony at Munyonyo

Makerere University through the Academic Registrar has invited applications from Ugandan, East African, S. Sudan and International applicants for the Bachelor of Chinese and Asian Studies under the private sponsorship scheme for the 2019/2020 academic year. Alfred Masikye Namoah, the Academic Registrar says the duration of the programme is 3

At least 50 students from the faculties of Health Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Management as well as Science & Technology on Friday graduated from Victoria University during a ceremony held at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The 4th graduation ceremony was held under the theme ‘Developing Agents of Change.’

Teachers across the country are lined up for a salary increment starting October 2019 after Government through the Ministry of Public Service secured Shs150 billion to honour an earlier government undertaking. Public Service minister, Wilson Muruli Mukasa, said that his ministry was scheduled to meet with the members of the

The Indian High Commission in Uganda today commissioned the ‘Indian Corner’ at Victoria University library with the aim of uplifting the standards of education in the country. Ravi Shankar, the Indian High Commissioner to Uganda, who was the Chief Guest, said both countries have good bi-lateral relations. He noted that

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has said that until government ensures every sub-county has a secondary school, there will be continued inequality in the education sector. Kadaga says it’s unfortunate that there some districts that up to now don’t have any secondary school and this has seen many girls who

The Ministry of Education is set to increase on students benefiting from the loan scheme fund. This is after Parliament directed the ministry to seek for a supplementary budget to increase on number of beneficiaries. Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga issued the directive after James Kaberuka, the Kinkizi West MP complained that

Ugandan teachers have been challenged to adopt a new curriculum and system of teaching employable learners. Speaking at the launch of DHL partnership with Teach For Uganda, a local Non-Governmental Organisation championing a new innovative education on Thursday at Naguru Skyz Hotel, Fagil Mandy, an education consultant advised teachers to

The closure of the Gatuna border post between Uganda and Rwanda has affected a number of schools in border districts, URN reports. Rwanda closed its borders with Uganda early this year, to purportedly expedite the construction of the single customs post at Gatuna. During the time, the Rwandan government advised